Lena Horne

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The Real Diva

Nancy Wilson returns from jazz-pop limbo

Jazz for the Masses

Nancy Wilson returns from jazz-pop limbo

CINEMATHEQUE: Latin American “Third Cinema”

Curator Margarita de la Vega-Hurtado pairs two agit-prop classics

Sgt. Pepper at Discovery Green

Curator Margarita de la Vega-Hurtado pairs two agit-prop classics

Zoot Me Up!

Joe Coleman, tailor to Houston's zoot suit culture, knows one thing for certain: Sometimes, clothes do make the man.

Chico Hamilton

Juniflip, Believe, 6th Ave. Romp, Heritage

King of Pain

Dolan Smith's "Scar Show" catalogs a life of comic misfortune and tragedy

Project Row Houses: Classified X

Even Lena Horne couldn’t make up for Mammy

Christina Aguilera, Lady Gaga (Again!) Headed Our Way

Hot off the wire this morning is that pop's two preeminent bionic women have penciled in Houston for dates on their upcoming tours. First up is Christina Aguilera, who will bring her tiny frame and prodigious voice to the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion August 12. British diva Leona Lewis, a former ... More >>

The Day The KKK Bombed KPFT

Yesterday morning during KPFT's biannual pledge drive, the station was paying homage to recently deceased color-barrier breaker Lena Horne by giving away copies of her biography Stormy Weather and highlighting a 40-minute interview with the black singer/actress about her relationship with whites in ... More >>

The Five Sexiest Old Actresses Who Died In 2010

As in every year, people died in 2010. Famous people. Sexy people. Or people who were, at one time, both famous and sexy. While they may have been elderly by the time they went to join the Great Majority, it is as they were in their prime that they should be remembered. Keeping that in mind, here ... More >>

Classic Christmas: Ella Fitzgerald's Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas

Over the holidays, we're looking back at some classic Christmas albums taking some track by track and just digging on others. ​There is an admission that I have to make having written all these Classic Christmas posts this year. When I think of Christmas, I don't think of carols or choirs or ... More >>